In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown